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| origin = Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.

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| years_active = 1997–present

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| spinoffs = Cavalera Conspiracy

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| spinoff_of = Sepultura

| current_members = * Max Cavalera

Zyon Cavalera

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Marc Rizzo
Marcelo "Cello" Dias
Roy Mayorga
Lúcio Maia
Logan Mader
Mikey Doling
Joe Nunez
Bobby Burns
David Kinkade
Tony Campos
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Soulfly is an American heavy metal band formed in Phoenix, Arizona in 1997. Soulfly is led by former Sepultura frontman Max Cavalera, who formed the band after he left the Brazilian group in 1996. To date the band has released twelve studio albums, one tour EP, twenty-three singles, one video album, and twelve music videos. Their debut album, Soulfly, was released on April 21, 1998, while their most recent album, Totem, was released on August 5, 2022.

Soulfly incorporates many styles of metal with Brazilian tribal and world music, much like Cavalera's previous band Sepultura. The original lyrical content revolved around spirituality, political and religious themes, with later albums encompassing other themes including war, violence, aggression, slavery, hatred and anger. All of their first six studio albums debuted on the United States Billboard 200, with a peak position at number 32 for their second album, Primitive.{{cite web |title= Top Music Charts – Hot 100 – Billboard 200 – Music Genre Sales |publisher=Billboard Music Charts |url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2000-10-14/billboard-200 |access-date=February 28, 2009}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}} Soulfly has been certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.{{cite web|title=Gold and Platinum |publisher=RIAA |url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH |access-date=February 28, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070626050454/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH |archive-date=June 26, 2007 }}

History

=Formation, self-titled album, and ''Primitive'' (1997–2001)=

Soulfly was formed in Phoenix, Arizona in 1997. Max Cavalera was troubled during the recording of Soulfly's self-titled album, and on the band's website he said that he founded the band "with the idea of combined sounds and spiritual beliefs". As well as leaving Sepultura, one of the world's most renowned thrash/groove metal bands, he had to deal with the death of his stepson and best friend Dana Wells. The self-titled debut album was released in April 1998,{{cite web|url= {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p291451/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title= Soulfly > Biography |first= Greg |last=Prato |publisher=allmusic.com |access-date=February 28, 2009}} and reached number 79 on the Billboard 200.{{cite web|title=Top Music Charts – Hot 100 – Billboard 200 – Music Genre Sales |publisher=Billboard Music Charts |url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/1998-05-09/billboard-200 |access-date=February 28, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904040232/http://www.billboard.com/charts/1998-05-09/billboard-200 |archive-date=September 4, 2014 }}

The name "Soulfly" came about during the recordings of "Headup" with Deftones, which Cavalera said it invokes "a tribal belief."

{{quotation|"Many tribes — I did this research — in South America and Africa and even North America, believe when they make music, they are evoking the spirits of their ancestors through the music and their souls are flying around them when they are playing their instruments. A lot of them even believe — this is where it gets really crazy — the animal sacrificed to make skins for the drums, even the spirits of the animals get out through the drumming. It's really deep. It's a cool name; it's a positive name. I wanted to do something different. Like I said, I tried for a year to find a name and I had all these names that sounded like SEPULTURA, but it would just be a copy. I just went the other way. SOULFLY is as different of a name as it can get from SEPULTURA. I've tried to do things in a little bit of a different way and that's how it turned out."|Max Cavalera (2019){{cite web |last1=Blabbermouth |title=MAX CAVALERA Says SOULFLY's Original Record Label 'Didn't Like' Band's Name |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/max-cavalera-says-soulflys-original-record-label-didnt-like-bands-name#:~:text=Remembering%20the%20made%2Dup%20word,live%20French%20television%20in%201997. |website=Blabbermouth |date=February 25, 2019 |access-date=20 March 2023}}}}

In addition to the core band, which at the time consisted of Roy Mayorga on drums and percussion, Cello Dias on bass and Lúcio "Jackson Bandeira" Maia on lead guitar, Soulfly featured Burton C. Bell, Dino Cazares and Christian Olde Wolbers from Fear Factory, Fred Durst and DJ Lethal from Limp Bizkit, Chino Moreno from Deftones, Benji Webbe formerly of Welsh band Dub War and now a member of Skindred, Eric Bobo from Cypress Hill, Jorge do Peixe and Gilmar Bola Oito from Chico Science & Nação Zumbi, and Mario C. The album was recorded at Indigo Ranch Studios in Malibu, California, and was overseen by producer Ross Robinson.

In addition to fronting Soulfly, Cavalera also branched out into other areas not usually associated with heavy metal musicians. He became a speaker at music conventions, appearing at CMJ's New Music Marathon in New York and Holland's Crossing Border Festival, both in late 1997, and sang a TV commercial for Sprite in Brazil. After recording the first album, Jackson Bandeira returned to Brazil with Nação Zumbi and was replaced by Logan Mader of Machine Head for the live tour that followed. Soulfly played on the 1998 Ozzfest mainstage alongside Ozzy Osbourne, Megadeth, and Tool, and played small club tours around the world with bands such as System of a Down and Cold. After the world tour in support of Soulfly, Logan Mader was replaced by Mikey Doling who had just been displaced by the breakup of Snot.

A variety of influences, including nu metal, appeared on 2000s Primitive, and it was the most successful album by the band in the U.S., reaching number 32 on the Billboard 200 and number 11 on the independent charts. Joe Nuñez, from Chicago, replaced Roy Mayorga on drums for Primitive. The album featured a number of guest appearances as well, including Corey Taylor of Slipknot and Stone Sour, Sean Lennon, Chino Moreno of Deftones, Tom Araya of Slayer, Grady Avenell of Will Haven, Cutthroat Logic, Babatunde and Asha Rabouin and was produced by Toby Wright. In addition, artwork was created by longtime Bob Marley artist Neville Garrick. The release of the album was followed by world tours with the likes of Pantera, Morbid Angel and Ozzfest.

= ''3'', new line-up and ''Prophecy'' (2002–2004)<span id="3 and Prophecy (2002–2004)"></span> =

In late 2001, Joe Nunez left Soulfly to join Stripping the Pistol, saying that it was "time for [him] to move on". Roy Mayorga departed from his band Medication to rejoin Soulfly for the recording of their third album, 3.{{cite web|url=http://www.Soulflyweb.com/msc.html |title=Soulfly Official Website|url-status=unfit|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106013150/http://www.Soulflyweb.com/msc.html|archive-date=6 January 2010 |postscript=. Determines the album title as '3'.}} 3 was the first Soulfly album which was produced by Max Cavalera. Other musicians performing on 3 included Cristian Machado of Ill Niño, and guitarist Wiley Arnet and drummer Greg Hall of Sacred Reich, and Max's stepson Richie Cavalera. The album reached number 46 on the Billboard 200 in that year. After the release of 3 on June 25, 2002, Soulfly toured throughout Europe and North America with bands such as Slayer, In Flames, God Forbid, and Will Haven.

In September 2003, after the world tour for 3, Dias was fired from the band, and Mayorga and Doling both left the band in protest, leaving Cavalera as the sole remaining member for three weeks.

Cavalera recruited a new lineup in October 2003 for the recording of Soulfly's Prophecy album. Joe Nunez returned on drums with Kentucky native Bobby Burns, formerly of Primer 55, on bass and New Jersey native Marc Rizzo, formerly of Ill Niño, on lead guitar. David Ellefson, formerly of Megadeth at the time, also played bass on several of the album's songs.

Max Cavalera explained on the band's website that he wanted to use different musicians as part of the group for each album. "This is an approach that I've wanted to do for a while. I never wanted Soulfly to be a band like Metallica, with the same four guys. On every Soulfly album, we've changed the line up and it will probably continue that way. In order to do that, I had to start from the inside out and bring in people who caught my attention, that I had never played with before, and create this." While a member of Sepultura, Cavalera had shown an interest in world music as shown in Roots, featuring elements of the music of Brazil's indigenous peoples. This approach continued on the Prophecy album, with Cavalera traveling to Serbia to record with traditional musicians. On the song "Moses", he worked with Serbian band Eyesburn, which also features reggae influences from one of his heroes, Bob Marley. Other tracks on the album feature instruments from the Middle Ages, sheepskin bagpipes, and Serbian Gypsies. Danny Marianino and Asha Rabouin returned as guest vocalists on Prophecy, as well, and Max Cavalera produced the album. Prophecy was released on March 30, 2004, and in April of that year had reached a peak of number 82 on the Billboard 200, although it has reached the top 50 of the Australian album charts. Soulfly followed the album release with tours supporting Black Sabbath and Morbid Angel.

In February 2005, Soulfly released their first DVD, entitled The Song Remains Insane. This was a biography of the band, containing live footage from all over the globe, interviews, and all of the band's music videos. In August 2005, Roadrunner Records reissued their self-titled first album as part of the label's 25th anniversary celebration.

= ''Dark Ages'' (2005–2007) =

In December 2004, as recording was beginning for Soulfly's fifth studio album, the band was rocked by several tragedies that affected the outcome of the album. On December 8, Cavalera's friend "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott was shot and killed while playing in Ohio, and on December 10, Cavalera's eight-month-old grandson Moses unexpectedly died due to health complications. The following fall, on October 4, 2005, Dark Ages was released. Many critics have described Dark Ages as a return to Cavalera's thrash metal roots of the early Sepultura days; however, the world music influence found on the first four Soulfly albums is still present. In fact, this time, Cavalera traveled to five different countries — Serbia, Turkey, Russia, France, and the United States — in order to record all the sounds that he desired to have on the new album.

The core band on Dark Ages still consisted of Cavalera, Joe Nunez, Bobby Burns and Marc Rizzo, and on this album, Dave Ellefson came back to lend his talents to a couple of tracks, Eyesburn vocalist Coyote sang on "Innerspirit", Stormtroopers of Death vocalist Billy Milano and Russian singer Paul Fillipenko of FAQ screamed on the hardcore influenced "Molotov", and Max's stepson, Ritchie Cavalera from Phoenix-based band Incite, sang on "Staystrong". Soulfly supported Dark Ages on a world tour with various bands such as Deftones, Korn, Throwdown, and Skindred that has stretched through North America, South America, Europe, Russia, and Australia.

On August 17, 2006, Soulfly played the 10th Annual D-Low Memorial show with several guest artists including Dave Ellefson and Roy Mayorga, the latter of whom who currently plays with Stone Sour. Most notably, Max was reunited onstage for the first time in 10 years with his brother Igor Cavalera. Max and Igor formed Sepultura together in the early 1980s, but had not played together since Max's departure in 1997. Igor joined the band midway through the set for a jam on the drums and stayed onstage to play the Sepultura classics "Roots Bloody Roots" and "Attitude" on Joe Nunez's drum kit.

In the time between legs of Soulfly's world tour for Dark Ages and afterwards, members of Soulfly stayed extremely busy by focusing on projects and activities outside of the band. Cavalera guested on the Apocalyptica single "Repressed" with Bullet For My Valentine vocalist Matt Tuck during a visit to Germany, went to Russia in January 2007 to guest on the album Circus Dogs by Russian hardcore band FAQ and played on Saint-Petersbourg with Radiohead album sound producer Nike "Naik" Groshin, played a surprise jam session in Serbia with Dan Lilker of Brutal Truth and S.O.D., and spent time in Arizona writing for future releases. Marc Rizzo spent the year on the road throughout North America playing his solo flamenco-meets-shred metal, gaining him further recognition as one of the world's premier metal guitarists. Earlier in 2005, Rizzo had released his debut solo album, Colossal Myopia, through Shrapnel Records, and in 2007 he prepared his follow-up, The Ultimate Devotion, which has now been released. Burns purchased a studio in Orlando, Florida with his partner Tim Lau, revived his former band Primer 55, and worked on new releases for his Love Said No and King Street projects. In September 2006, Burns suffered a mild stroke, was forced to sit out of Soulfly's North American tour, and his spot in the band was briefly filled by Dave Ellefson and Danny Lilker. Nunez worked on the development of several drum accessories with Slug Drums, and taught drum lessons and worked construction in Chicago. Soulfly ventured to Undercity Recording Studios in March 2007 to record a cover of the Marilyn Manson single "The Beautiful People" with Logan Mader producing. The song was later released in June 2007 by Kerrang! magazine in issue 1164 as part of their Higher Voltage compilation. During time in the studio, Max Cavalera also recorded vocals for the song "War Is My Destiny" with Ill Bill and Immortal Technique for Ill Bill's second studio album, The Hour of Reprisal, which released on September 16, 2008.

= ''Conquer'' and ''Omen'' (2008–2010) =

In August 2007, Soulfly did a tour that consisted of a mixture of festival and club shows through Europe before playing the 11th Annual D-Low Memorial Show in Tempe, Arizona on August 31, 2007. Cavalera Conspiracy also made their debut live performance at the show by opening for Soulfly. One week after performing the show, Soulfly went to Bobby Burns and Tim Lau's newly renovated Porch Studio in Orlando, Florida to begin work on their sixth studio album, which Cavalera had begun writing during the summer. After working halfway through recording until September 29, Cavalera halted the session to travel throughout Egypt to record more sounds to integrate into the new songs. In November 2007, Cavalera returned to Orlando to complete tracking and the album was mixed by Andy Sneap in early 2008. The album featured collaborations Dave Peters from Throwdown and David Vincent from Morbid Angel.

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Soulfly released their sixth album entitled Conquer on July 29, 2008. Following the release of the album, the band toured the United States with Devastation and Bleed the Sky in the fall,{{cite web|url= http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=39448#|title= Soulfly Announces Support For U.S. Tour|publisher= Metal Underground]|access-date= October 4, 2008}} toured Europe in winter of 2009 with Incite,{{cite web|url= http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=109654#|title= Soulfly: European Tour Dates Announced|author= Borivoj Krgin|publisher= Blabbermouth.net|access-date= November 26, 2008}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} played a small UK and European festivals during the spring and summer of 2009,{{cite web|url= http://www.sonicdice.com/2009/05/20/Soulfly-set-to-play-short-uk-tour-in-june/#|title= Soulfly: Set To Play Short UK Tour In June|publisher=Sonic Dice|access-date= August 17, 2008|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090525044501/http://www.sonicdice.com/2009/05/20/Soulfly-set-to-play-short-uk-tour-in-june/|archive-date= May 25, 2009}} and went on a fall 2009 U.S. headlining tour with Cattle Decapitation, Prong, and Mutiny Within.{{cite web|url= http://www.apeshit.org/news/Soulfly-announce-tour-with-prong-cattle-decapitation-mutiny-within/#|title= Soulfly Announce Tour with Prong, Cattle Decapitation, Mutiny Within|publisher= www.apeshit.org |access-date= August 17, 2008}}

Soulfly entered the Edge of the Earth Studios in Los Angeles, California, on November 6, 2009, to begin recording their seventh album with Max Cavalera and Logan Mader both producing.{{cite web|url=http://www.noisecreep.com/2009/10/21/Soulfly-to-return-to-studio-in-november/|title= Soulfly Returning to Studio in November|author= Jon Wiederhorn|publisher= Noisecreep|access-date= October 22, 2009}} Through a series of streaming web video updates, frontman Max Cavalera revealed on November 13, 2009, that the album would be called Omen{{cite web|url=http://www.metalinjection.net/av/exclusive-Soulfly-instudio-update-including-tentative-album-title|title= Exclusive Soulfly In-Studio Update (including tentative album title)|author= Robert Pasabini|date= November 13, 2009|publisher= MetalInjection.net|access-date= November 14, 2009}} and would feature guest appearances by Tommy Victor of Prong and Greg Puciato of The Dillinger Escape Plan.{{cite web|url= http://www.Soulflyweb.com/forum_v2/viewtopic.php?p=69427#|title= 7th album in 2009???|author= Bobby Burns|publisher=Soulflyweb.com|access-date= February 27, 2009}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}} Additionally, the album features performances on drums from Max's sons: Zyon Cavalera on a b-side cover of Sepultura's "Refuse-Resist" and Igor Cavalera (not to be confused with his brother of the same name) on a cover of Excel's "Your Life, My Life". Omen has been released worldwide on May 25, 2010.{{cite web|url= http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=133229|title= Soulfly to release Omen in May|author= Borivoj Krgin|publisher= www.roadrun.com/blabbermouth.net |access-date= January 12, 2010|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100114145524/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=133229|archive-date= January 14, 2010}}

From May 13 – December 16, 2010, Soulfly conducted a world tour in support of their new album Omen.

On July 18, 2010, bassist Bobby Burns posted following message on his Twitter profile: "To all the fans... Soulfly and I have decided to part ways. Stay tuned for my next projects already in the works. Thanks 4 ur support!!!"

= Line up change, ''Enslaved'' and ''Savages'' (2011–2013) =

On July 1, 2011, Soulfly announced that the group had recruited former Static-X and current Asesino, and then Prong, and Ministry bassist Tony Campos into the band, replacing Bobby Burns.{{cite web|url=http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=69616 |title=Soulfly Reveals New Bass Player Tony Campos |publisher=Metalunderground.com |access-date=October 22, 2011}}

In August 2011, Joe Nunez was replaced by Borknagar drummer David Kinkade. In September 2011, the band announced they entered the recording studio to make their next album due for an early 2012 release. In late October it was revealed that recording had finished, and Kinkade claimed that the new album is like "Arise on crack". Confirmed guests on the album were Adam Warren of Oceano and Dez Fafara of Coal Chamber and DevilDriver,{{cite web|title=New Soulfly Drummer Talks About Band's Next Album in Video Interview|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=165967|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120912065711/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=165967|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 12, 2012|publisher=www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/|date=November 11, 2011|access-date=December 19, 2011}} although Warren pulled out of recording and was replaced by Cattle Decapitation frontman Travis Ryan.{{cite web|title=Cattle Decapitation Frontman Comments on Soulfly Collaboration|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=166247|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201171339/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=166247|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 1, 2013|publisher=www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/|date=November 17, 2011|access-date=December 19, 2011}} In the December 2011 issue of Metal Hammer, Cavalera stated that the main theme of the album would be slavery, with song titles "Slave", "Chains", "Legions" (a song about the Roman Empire), "Gladiator", "Redemption of Man by God" (featuring Dez Fafara), and "Revengeance" (with Max's 3 sons featuring: Zyon on drums, Richie on vocals and Igor writing half the guitar riffs). The album was produced by Zeuss with artwork from Marcelo Vasco, who has designed album artwork for bands such as Borknagar, Obituary, and Dimmu Borgir. On December 6, the album title was announced to be Enslaved and has a release date of March 13, 2012.{{cite web|title=Soulfly: New Album Title, Release Date Revealed|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=166912|publisher=www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/ |date=December 6, 2011|access-date=December 19, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108000426/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=166912|archive-date=January 8, 2012}} Soulfly performed at the 13th annual Gathering of the Juggalos in Cave-in-Rock, IL August 2012. Throughout 2012, Soulfly have headlined the "Maximum Cavalera Tour", supported by Incite (fronted by Richie Cavalera) and Lody Kong (featuring Igor Cavalera Jr. and Zyon Cavalera). In October 2012 Kinkade announced his retirement from drumming, leaving Soulfly after their show in Bangkok.[http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=180958 Soulfly Drummer David Kinkade To Play His Final Show In Bangkok] Blabbermouth.net. October 17, 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-10. Max's son Zyon, who performed during the South America tour earlier in the year, will take over drums for the upcoming US tour and for the foreseeable future.

In April 2013 Max announced Soulfly's intention to record more material after their tour, with producer Terry Date,[http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/uponsun/2013/03/Soulfly_2013_dillinger_mastodon.php Soulfly's Max Cavalera Discusses Extreme Groove (and His New Supergroup, Featuring Members of Mars Volta, Dillinger Escape Plan, Mastodon)] Phoenix New Times and confirmed on May 3 that Zyon would perform drums on the album. In July Max announced that the album would be called Savages.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfSa4t8PTmU Interview mit Soufly] Metal4 Magazine The band released the album on September 30 in the UK, October 1 in the US, and October 4 in Europe. Savages features a number of guest vocalists including Igor Cavalera Jr. of Lody Kong, Jamie Hanks of I Declare War, Neil Fallon of Clutch, and Mitch Harris of Napalm Death.[http://www.metalinsider.net/releases/new-Soulfly-album-to-feature-members-of-clutch-and-napalm-death New Soulfly Album to Feature Members of Clutch and Napalm Death] Metal Insider July 24, 2013. Retrieved August 25, 2013.

= ''Archangel'' and ''Ritual'' (2014–2019) =

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On December 6, 2014, Max Cavalera said through an interview that he started writing for the tenth Soulfly record.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4YtoHrZm6Q Max Cavalera – Interview 6th December 2014]. YouTube. Cavalera and his gang entered the studio on January 3, 2015. On May 1, bassist Tony Campos announced via his Facebook page that he was leaving Soulfly to join Fear Factory.{{cite web|last1=Childers|first1=Chad|title=Soulfly Bassist Tony Campos Exits Band, Takes Bassist Spot in Fear Factory|url=http://loudwire.com/Soulfly-tony-campos-exits-band-joins-fear-factory/|website=Loudwire|publisher=Townsquare Media|access-date=May 4, 2015|date=May 3, 2015}} Archangel, produced by Matt Hyde, was released on August 14, 2015, through Nuclear Blast.{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/Soulflys-new-album-to-be-released-in-august |title=Soulfly's New Album To Be Released In August |publisher=Blabbermouth |date=February 28, 2015 |access-date=May 29, 2015}} They embarked on the "We Sold Our Souls To Metal" tour on September 30, 2015, to promote the album. The tour was accompanied by the bands Soilwork, Decapitated and Shattered Sun. The tour lasted for a 27 show trek ending in Albuquerque, NM on October 30. They played at The Rockbar Theater in San Jose, CA on December 12, 2015.{{cite web|url=http://concerttournewshub.com/Rock-Music/Soulfly-Concert-Tour-Schedule.php |title=Soulfly 2015 We Sold Our Souls To Metal Tour Schedule With Decapitated, Soilwork & Shattered Sun |publisher=Concert Tour News Hub |date=May 9, 2015 |access-date=May 10, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/Soulfly-archangel-release-date-revealed-tour-with-soilwork-decapitated-announced/ |title=Soulfly: 'Archangel' Release Date Revealed; Tour With Soilwork, Decapitated Announced |publisher=Blabbermouth |date=May 4, 2015 |access-date=May 10, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=113311 |title=Soulfly Announces North American Tour Dates With Soilwork |publisher=Metal Underground |date=May 8, 2015 |access-date=May 10, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.Soulfly.com/ |title=Soulfly|publisher=Soulfly.com | access-date=May 10, 2015}}

In 2017, they toured North America with Cannabis Corpse, Harm's Way, Noisem and Lody Kong. In this tour, they played the Nailbomb album Point Blank in full, bringing Igor Jr. into the band as co-lead vocalist and keyboardist/sampler for the tour. After releasing his latest album with Cavalera Conspiracy, Max revealed his plans to finish writing and recording the next Soulfly album in early 2018, while also declaring his intentions to bring back some of the tribal elements from the band's early days to commemorate 20 years since Soulfly's self-titled debut album. A live album of their performance at 1998 Dynamo Open Air, entitled simply Live at Dynamo Open Air 1998, was released on June 22, 2018.[http://www.metalsucks.net/2018/03/12/live-album-from-1998-dynamo-open-air-announced-featuring-pantera-and-Soulfly/ Live Album from 1998 Dynamo Open Air Announced, Featuring Pantera and Soulfly] Metalsucks]

Soulfly released their eleventh studio album, Ritual, on October 19, 2018.{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/Soulfly-to-release-ritual-album-in-the-fall-listen-to-new-song-the-summoning/|title=Soulfly To Release 'Ritual' Album In The Fall; Listen To New Song 'The Summoning'|date=July 7, 2018|publisher=Blabbermouth.net|access-date=August 3, 2018}}

=Departure of Marc Rizzo and ''Totem'' (2020–2023)=

In a June 2020 interview on Kazakhstan's "Armatura" podcast, Cavalera confirmed that he had been "writing some riffs" for the twelfth Soulfly album. He said, "I'm very inspired right now for riffs and music. I listen to a lot of heavy stuff. So I've been composing new Soulfly music, hopefully for next year. So I think next year we'll have a new Soulfly record."{{cite web|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/max-cavalera-is-writing-music-for-next-Soulfly-album-im-still-musically-hungry/|title=Max Calvera Is Writing Music For Next Soulfly Album: 'I'm Still Musically Hungry'|publisher=Blabbermouth.net|access-date=June 19, 2020|date=June 19, 2020}} In a May 2021 interview with Finland's Kaaos TV, Cavalera further reiterated the album's progress and confirmed that it would likely not be released before 2022: "We're just working on it. We're still just developing it. It's in the early stages of being recorded. We recorded some, and we have to record a little bit more. But we're just really taking our time."{{cite web|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/new-Soulfly-album-probably-wont-be-released-before-2022/|title=New Soulfly Album 'Probably' Won't Be Released Before 2022|publisher=Blabbermouth.net|access-date=May 2, 2021|date=May 2, 2021}} During the 2022 tour, Cavalera announced the new album would come out around the month of July 2022. {{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd5oAMRImHU&t=1532s|title = Soulfly Live Concert | WOW Hall | Eugene, OR | 2/16/22|website = YouTube}}

In August 2021, it was announced lead guitarist Marc Rizzo had left the band,{{cite web|url=https://www.metalsucks.net/2021/08/07/guitairst-marc-rizzo-officially-out-of-Soulfly/|title=Guitairst Marc Rizzo Officially Out of Soulfly|publisher=MetalSucks|access-date=August 7, 2021|date=August 7, 2021}} and that his replacement on the 2021 North American tour would be Dino Cazares of Fear Factory.{{cite web|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/fear-factorys-dino-cazares-to-play-guitar-for-Soulfly-on-u-s-tour/|title=Fear Factory's Dino Cazares To Play Guitar For Soulfly On U.S. Tour|publisher=Blabbermouth.net|access-date=August 7, 2021|date=August 5, 2021}} On May 5, 2022, the band released the single "Superstition" and announced that the new album's title would be Totem, which was released on August 5.{{cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/soulfly-announces-new-album-totem-releases-superstition-single|title=SOULFLY Announces New Album 'Totem', Releases 'Superstition' Single|website=Blabbermouth.net|access-date=May 5, 2022|date=May 5, 2022}}

On January 5, 2023, the band announced Mike DeLeon of Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals as the band's new touring guitarist. It was later revealed that other guitarists were also planned to cover many of the tour dates for 2023.{{cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/soulfly-recruits-philip-h-anselmo-the-illegals-guitarist-mike-deleon|title=SOULFLY Recruits PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS Guitarist MIKE DELEON|website=Blabbermouth.net|access-date=January 5, 2023|date=January 5, 2023}}{{cite web | url=https://metalinjection.net/news/nevermind-soulfly-doesnt-have-a-new-guitarist | title=Nevermind, SOULFLY Doesn't Have a New Guitarist | date=January 9, 2023 }}

=Upcoming thirteenth studio album (2024–present)=

In a January 2024 interview on the "Nu Pod With Joshua Toomey and Ro Kohli" podcast, Cavalera confirmed that he would be "working on new Soulfly this year, writing and hopefully recording" the band's next album for a 2025 release.{{cite web|url=https://lambgoat.com/news/41486/max-cavalera-to-work-on-new-soulfy-album-this-year/|title=Max Cavalera to work on new Soulfly album this year|website=lambgoat.com|date=January 26, 2024|access-date=January 28, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.metalsucks.net/2024/01/27/max-cavalera-is-writing-a-new-soulfly-album/|title=Max Cavalera is Writing a New Soulfly Album|website=metalsucks.net|date=January 27, 2024|access-date=January 28, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://metalstorm.net/events/news_comments.php?news_id=52666|title=Soulfly - Begin Writing Next Album|website=metalstorm.net|date=January 28, 2024|access-date=January 28, 2024}}

Musical style

Soulfly have been described as nu metal,{{cite web |url=http://www.musicmight.com/artist/brazil/minas+gerais/belo+horizonte/Soulfly |title=Artists :: Soulfly |publisher=MusicMight |access-date=March 4, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303191422/http://www.musicmight.com/artist/brazil/minas+gerais/belo+horizonte/Soulfly |archive-date=March 3, 2016 }}{{cite web|last=Heaney |first=Gregory |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1791748 |title=Omen – Soulfly |publisher=Allmusic}}{{cite web |url=http://blogcritics.org/music/article/review-Soulfly-the-dark-ages/ |title=Review – Soulfly – The Dark Ages |publisher=Blogcritics.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027075427/http://blogcritics.org/music/article/review-Soulfly-the-dark-ages/ |archive-date=October 27, 2011 }} thrash metal,{{cite web|url=http://heavymetal.about.com/od/cdreviews/gr/Soulflyconquer.htm |title=Soulfly – Conquer Review |publisher=About.com|access-date=July 25, 2015}} groove metal,{{cite web|url=http://www.apochs.net/CDs/Soulfly-Omen.html |title=Apoch's – Soulfly: Omen CD Review |publisher=Apochs.net |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110904052133/http://www.apochs.net/CDs/Soulfly-Omen.html |archive-date=September 4, 2011 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.noisecreep.com/2009/09/08/new-releases-infected-mushroom-ensiferum-3-inches-of-blood-t/|title=New Releases: Infected Mushroom, Ensiferum, 3 Inches of Blood, Threat Signal, Chevelle|last=Turull|first=Alisha|publisher=Noisecreep}} death metal and alternative metal.{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/dead-new-world-mw0002051629 | title=Ill Niño - Dead New World Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic | website=AllMusic }} Soulfly originally played nu metal but moved away from the genre after the early 2000s. Soulfly often incorporate elements of world music such as tribal music and Middle Eastern music into their music.